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New ordinance could allow St. Pete, Florida residents to grow and sell produce on their property

… in residential districts, allow on-site sales of produce (including honeybee products) on residential properties with limits on frequency, up to 36 times per calendar year;

By Andrew Harlan
I love the burg
Feb 17, 2021

Excerpt:

One major change is opening up community garden guidelines. Currently, it operates on a not-for-profit basis. The amendment would remove that restriction.

The purpose of these text amendments is to expand opportunities for the production and sale of produce in the City by removing regulatory barriers as follows, via the City of St. Pete website:

Community Gardens: eliminate not-for-profit requirement, which eliminates barriers created by the 501-C (3) process, extend date of initial permit expiration and lower fees
Commercial Gardens and Greenhouses: allow as a permitted use in Industrial Traditional (IT) and Industrial Suburban (IS) zoning districts, rather than a Special Exception, which will eliminate the public hearing before the Development Review Commission and create Use Specific standards to address compatibility, screening, noise and odor concerns

Sale of Produce:
– in residential districts, allow on-site sales of produce (including honeybee products) on residential properties with limits on frequency, up to 36 times per calendar year;
– in commercial districts, expand options for selling produce, from vehicles, and on vacant property under the Roadside Vending provisions, and lower associated fees
Landscape maintenance: changes to address staking of plants
Accessory structures: expand allowances to design and setback standards to include gardening structures including Hoop Houses, Cold Frames, Greenhouses, Vertical Vegetable Structures and raised planter beds.

Read the complete article here.